Scammers who made off with $600,000 after breaking into the bank account of a Catholic diocese claim the funds have been earmarked for the victims of paedophile priests.
Around a dozen money mules were used to loot the funds from an online bank account maintained by the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa earlier last month. …

I can't believe this bit.

"but he’s conflicted about whether he will return the money he made from his part in the scam: Minus the Western Union and Moneygram wire fees, Huggins earned commissions totaling nearly $800 for helping the thieves transfer the stolen money out of the country."

It's the Church's money! He'll be lucky if he isn't charged with money landering.

Because they are...

hmm

Oh really?

"Daniel Huggins, 29, owner of Masonry Construction turned money mule, explained: "The told me it was going to be payouts to some of the settlements in the sex crimes cases against the Church."

And he believed them? Of course he didn't, he just wanted the 800 bucks they were offering. Ignorance being no excuse in law these mules should be prosecuted for aiding and abetting or whatever the Merking equivalent is.